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CHARTER AND BY-LAWS 



OF THE 



ESSEX INSTITUTE 



WITH A LIST OF ITS 



OFFICERS AND MEMBERS. 




SALEM: 
PRINTED AT THE SALEM PRESS. 



AMONa, THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE. 

WHICH AKK FOH SALK AT ITS ROOMS, 

ATTENTION IS CALLED TO THE FOLLOWING: 

HISTORICAL. 

Historical Collections, vols, i-xxiv issued quartei'li', at $3.00 iier auniim, containing 
papers of great historical, genealogical anil biographical interest, town and church 
records, anniversary addresses, memoirs of distinguished persons, etc., etc. 
Commemorative Exercises on the fifth half century of tlie landing of Endicott, address 

by William C. Endicott, paper $2.00 

cloth, 2.50 

^Turkey, 3.25 

Salem Toion Records 1634-1C59, 8vo., 2.00 

Salem: Historical sketch by C. S. Osgood and H. M. Batchelder, cloth with helio- 

type illustrations, 5.00 

The same in paper without illustrations, 1.00 

Adams, Herbert B., Commons and Commoners of Salem Parts 1-6 75 

Blodgette, George B., Early settlers of Rowley, 1.50 

" " " Records of deaths in First church, Rowley, 40 

Bentley, Wm., Parish lists of deaths, 1765-1819 1 .50 

Emmerton, J. A., and Waters, H. F., Gleanings from English Records about New 

England families 1.25 

Emmerton, J. A.. Notes and extracts from Records of First church in Salem 25 

" " " Salem baptisms in the eighteenth century 1.25 

" " " Genealogy of Silsbee family 75 

Endicott, C. M., Account of Leslie's retreat 25 

Goodell, A. C, Centennial address, Oct. 5, 1774 30 

Gould, John H., Early Records of the church at Topsfleld 25 

Hawlces, N. M., Gleanings relative to the family of AdamHawkes 25 

Kimball, James, Destruction of tea in Boston Harbor 30 

" " Explorations of Merrimac river with a map 35 

Moulton,J. T., Record of intentions of marriage in Lj'nn, Mass., 25 

" " '• Inscriptions from the old burying ground, Lynn 1.25 

Northend, W. D., Address belore the Essex Bar association , 30 

Poole, Wellington, Extracts from the town records of Wenham, Part 1 10 

" " Inscriptions from the old burying ground in Dodge's Row, North 

Beverly , 15 

Rantoul, R. S., Fifth half century of the arrival of Winthrop, address by R. S. 

Rantoul, ..v 50 

Rantoul, R. S,, Contribution to the history of the ancient family of Woodbury 50 

" " " Some material for a history of the name and family of Rentoul,— 

Rintoul,— Rantoul 30 

U2>ham, W. P., Records of the First church in Salisbury, 40 

" " " An account of the Rebecca Nourse monument 30 

Waters, H. F., Gedney and Clark families of Salem 50 

" <' " Notes on the Townsend family 40 

" " " Newhail Family of Lynn, Part I.... 75 

Whipple, G«or£re 3f., Musical Societies of Salem 30 

Willson, E.B., Memorial of J. C. Lee 25 

•' " " " ofC. T.Brooks 25 



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WITH A LIST OF ITS 



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THE ESSEX INSTITUTE. 



The Institute was organized March 1, 1848, under a 
charter granted by the Legislature in February of that 
year, having for its objects the collection and preserva- 
tion of whatever relates to the geography, antiquities and 
civil and ecclesiastical history of Essex County ; the for- 
mation of a cabinet of natural productions in general, and 
more particularly those of the county ; the promoting a 
taste for the cultivation of choice fruits and flowers ; — its 
three departments then being history, natural history and 
horticulture. 

The scope of the Institute has been from time to time 
enlarged and there are now departments of history, science, 
literature, art and horticulture. 

The library of the Institute, which in 1848 numbered 
fifteen hundred volumes, now numbers fifty-one thousand 
volumes, and embraces all the departments of literature, 
but is mostly useful for reference. A reading room is the 
latest addition to the library department and this is well 
supplied with historical, scientific and art periodicals, be- 
sides the usual magazine literature of the day. 

The museum of the Institute now contains a large and 
valuable collection of antiquarian and historical relics 
portraits, paintings, engravings, medals, coins, paper cur- 

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reiicy, manuscripts, etc., and is in process of systematic 
arrangement. 

The scientific collections, which, before 1867, had 
grown to be so large and of such value, that it was im- 
possible for the Institute at that time to bear the expense 
of properly caring for and exhibiting them, were, by agree- 
ment entered into between the Institute and the Trustees 
of the Peabody Academy of Science in May, 1867, de- 
posited with the last named institution, where, properly 
labelled, arranged and preserved, they are made available 
to the public and form an attractive feature of the Acad- 
emy's museum at East India Marine Hall. 

The publications of the Institute regularly issued are 
the Historical Collections which have now reached Vol. 
XXV, in which appear papers of historical interest con- 
nected with the different localities of Essex County, 
genealogical papers, church and court records, notes and 
queries, etc. Tlte Bulletin which has reached Vol. xxi, 
and contains records of the regubir meetings and field- 
meetings of the Institute, and special papers on scientific 
subjects. The Annual Report which contains a synopsis 
of the yearly work and the reports of the Treasurer and 
Secretary, with memorials of deceased members. 

Besides occasional monographs, the publications of the 
Institute include the "Proceedings of the Essex Institute," 
VI Vols., 8vo; "The American Naturalist," Vol. I; 
"An Historical Sketch of Salem ;" "Flora of Essex County," 
by John Robinson, and a Handbook of the First Church. 

The estimation in which these issues are held is shown 
by appreciative notices which appear from time to time 
in leading historical and scientific journals from all parts 
of the world, and especially ii) the active disposition to 



exchange evinced by bodies of like nature with the Insti- 
tute, both at home and abroad. 

The rooms of the Institute, in which are contained its 
museum and its library, are now in the Daland House on 
Essex St., Salem. This mansion was erected by Tucker 
Daland, a well-known merchant of Salem, in 1851, and af- 
terwards became the property of his son-in-law. Dr. Benj. 
Cox, from whose widow and heirs it was purchased by the 
Institute in 1886, the amount paid being taken from a fund 
bequeathed by the late William Burley Howes, Esq., of 
Salem. A fund of fifteen thousand dollars was subscribed 
by liberal friends of the Institute for the purpose of mak- 
ing needed repairs and alterations and with this fund the 
building has been fitted for occupancy. On entering, the 
visitor's attention is first attracted by some quaint pieces 
of furniture and an ancient picture of the Dutch school. 
The office of the society on the left contains portraits of the 
officers of the Essex Historical and Essex County Natural 
History Societies, the forerunners of the Institute, and a 
complete set of the publications of the Society, with a case 
containing unarranged donations; passing thence through 
an ante-room which is hung with old prints, silhouettes, 
etc., the visitor reaches the Historical Museum containing 
a great number of interesting relics ; the larger room 
beyond is hung with historical portraits, by Copley, Smi- 
bert, Truml)ull and others, and is used for the exhibition of 
antique furniture, local relics, and military costumes. The 
fire-proofroom in the rear of the Museum holds the very 
large and invaluable collection of inanuscrii)ts, which, while 
not on exhibition to the public, are shown to persons in- 
terested in the study of local history upon application to 
the curator. Passing up the main staircase which is lined 
with portraits, access is gained to the main library and 



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reading rooms on the second floor where may be found a 
varied collection of some thirty thousand volumes, with 
convenient tables furnished with the leading periodicals of 
the day. Here are the special libraries devoted to town 
histories, genealogies and an exhaustive collection of the 
works of Essex county writers. Upon the third floor are 
placed the scientific books and exchanges and the theo- 
logical libraries, containing many rare volumes. 

The Institute also continues as heretofore to occupy the 
lower floor of Plummer Hall for its meetings, lectures, 
concerts, and art and horticultural exhibitions as well as 
for the storage of its large collection of state and national 
documents.* 

The meetings of the Institute are held on the first and 
third Mondays of every month. During the winter months 
papers are read on various subjects and at these meetings 
the public are admitted, notification of them being given 
in the newspapers. Field meetings are also held through- 
out the county every summer for scientific and historical 
investigation and discussion. While these meetings were 
intended for educational purposes mainly, experience has 
shown that they are of inestimable value as a means of 
promoting friendly and social feeling between the peo- 
ple of different sections of the county. Lectures and con- 
certs are given during the winter months, and art and 
horticultural exhibitions during the summer and autumn. 

The by-laws of the Institute were modified to some 
extent at the annual meeting of 1888, in order to meet 
the new requirements of the society, and as amended stand 
as follows : 



* An interesting history of the spot on which the Daland House stands will 
be found m the Hist. Coll. Essex Institute, Vol. xxiv, p. 241. 



BY=LAWS. 



ARTICLE I. MEMBERSHIP. 

Sec. 1. Any person may be elected a member, at a regular meeting, 
by a majority vote of tlie members present and voting, the name of 
such person having been proposed in writing by two members at a 
previous meeting. 

Sec. 2. Any person not residing in the County of Essex, who may 
be interested in the objects of the Institute, or desirous of promoting 
its work, may be elected a corresponding member, at a regular meeting, 
by a majority vote of the members present and voting, upon nomina- 
tion by the Board of Directors; but corresponding members shall not 
be eligible to ofQce, or entitled to vote, or liable to assessment. 

Sec. 3. Persons who shall have attained an eminent distinction in 
Science, Literature or the Arts, may be elected honorary members, at 
the annual meeting, by a majority vote of the members present and 
voting, upon nomination by the Board of Directors. 

Sec. 4. Any member may become a life member, and be exempt from 
the payment of the annual assessment, by paying the sum of fifty dol- 
lars to be added to the invested funds of the society. 

ARTICLE II. OFFICERS. 

Sec. 1. The officers of the society shall be a President, four Vice 
Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, an Auditor, and a Librarian, who, 
with a Council of ten members, shall constitute the Board of Directors. 

Sec. 2. The above officers shall be chosen by ballot at the annual 
meeting of the society, and shall serve for the term of one year, and 
until the election of their successors. 

Sec. 3. The Board of Directors shall have the custody of the build- 
ings, funds, securities and properties of all kinds belonging to the so- 
ciety, and shall have full power to transact all the general business of 
the Institute, except the election of members and officers. They may, 

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when they deem it best, refer any matter to the general meeting of the 
society for its action. 

Sec. 4. They shall have power to appoint curators and assistant cu- 
rators of any department, and they shall appoint such standing or other 
committees from the active members of the society as they shall deem 
necessary; but the chairmanship of each of said committees shall al- 
ways be held by a member of the Board of Directors. 

Sec. 5. Upon the nomination of tlie librarian, the Board of Directors 
may appoint an assistant librarian. 

Sec. 6. The Board of Directors may at any time remove a curator, 
assistant curator or assistant librarian. 

Sec. 7. The Board of Directors shall decide, subject to the control 
of the society, how and when the general resources of the society, 
not devoted to any particular department, shall be expended; and shall 
assign all space or location of specimens for each department, and shall 
determine all questions that may arise between any of the curators. 

ARTICLE III. DEPARTMENTS AND COMMITTEES. 
Sec. 1. The Institute shall consist of the following departments : — 

History ; Science ; Literature ; Art ; Horticulture. 

Sec. 2. The following shall be the standing committees : 

A Finance Committee (of which the president shall be e% officio 
chairman, and the treasurer ex officio a member), to have the direc- 
tion of the funds of the Institute, in accordance with the Act of Incor- 
poration, and of such investments of funds as may be necessary. 

Sec. 3. A Library and Publication Committer (of which the libra- 
rian shall be ex officio a member), who shall make an annual examina- 
tion of the condition of the library ; and who shall have the management 
of all publications of the society and regulate the manner of their dis- 
tribution. 

Sec. 4. A Lecture Committer who shall have charge of all lectures 
and public meetings, except such as may be held or given for the ben- 
efit of a special department of the Institute, and except field meetings. 

Skc. 5. A Committee on Field Meetings (of which the secretary 
shall be ex officio chairman) who shall determine when and where field 
meetings shall be held, and shall have the general management of the 
same. 

ARTICLE IV. MEETINGS. 

Sec. 1. Regular meetings shall be held on the first and third Mon- 
days of each month, at tlie rooms of the Institute. The second meet- 
ing in May shall be the annual meeting. 

Sec 2. Special meetings may be called by order of the president. 



or at the written request of five members. Business to be transacted 
at a special meeting shall be limited to the subjects stated in the call. 

Sec. 3. Field meetings shall be held at such times and places as the 
field meeting committee may designate. 

Sec. 4. The Board of Directors shall meet on the first and third 
Mondays of each month, and at sucli other times as they may be called 
together by the president. 

Sec. 5. Five members shall be a quorum for holding any meeting of 
the Institute, or of the Board of Directors ; but any less number, of 
■whom the secretary shall be one, shall have power to adjourn such 
meeting. 

Sec. 6. Officers shall be elected at the annual meeting, but vacan- 
cies may be filled by election at any regular meeting. 

Sec. 7. All elections shall be by ballot, and by a majority of the 
members present and voting. 

ARTICLE V. DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 

Sec. 1. The president, or in his absence one of the vice presidents, 
shall preside at all meetings of the Institute, and of the Board of Di- 
rectors. The president shall be ex officio chairman of the finance com- 
mittee. 

Sec. 2. The^secretary shall give notice of all meetings]and record 
their proceedings ; shall notify all members and officers of their elec- 
tion ; shall have charge of all papers and documents relating to the 
general business of the Institute ; shall conduct the general correspond- 
ence ; and at the annual meeting shall report the doings of the Insti- 
tute during the year. He shall acknowledge the receipt of all donations 
except those to the library. He shall record in a book kept for that 
special purpose the by-laws of the society and the names of its mem- 
bers, with the date of their election, and, whenever any alteration, 
amendment, or repeal of the by-laws is made, the same shall be entered 
in said book. He shall be ex officio chairman of the field-meeting com- 
mittee, and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors 
shall from time to time designate by vote, and shall act as secretary of 
such committees as do not choose a secretary from their own number. 

Sec. 3. The treasurer shall be ex officio a member of the finance 
committee, and shall keep an exact account of all his receipts and ex- 
penditures, and shall submit his report, after examination by the audi- 
tor, at the annual meeting. 

Sec. 4. The auditor shall audit all accounts of the treasurer, cura- 
tors and committees, and shall report at the annual meeting. 

Sec. 5. The librarian shall be ex officio a member of the library com- 
mittee. He shall receive, and have the custody of, all books and other 
printed works, maps, charts and diagrams, belonging to the Institute ; 
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shall attend to their arrangement, cataloguing and preservation ; shall 
conduct the correspondence relating to the library and acknoVledge 
all donations thereto; and shall report on its condition at the annual 
meeting. 

Sec. 6. The curators shall have charge of their respective depart- 
ments, and shall have full power relating to the collection, care and 
preservation of the specimens or materials relating thereto; provided, 
hovrever, that any alteration of the general plan or principles of ar- 
rangement of any department and the removal of specimens or other 
material, except for the purpose of exchange, shall be made only with 
the consent of the Board of Directors, or under such regulations as 
they may, from time to time, prescribe. Curators shall have charge of 
all lectures, exhibitions, or entertainments, given for their respective 
departments. All moneys or funds that may at any time be raised by 
any curator, or that may come into his hands for the benefit of his de- 
partment, and the net proceeds of any lecture, exhibition or entertain- 
ment under his charge, shall be deposited by him with the treasurer. 

ARTICLE VI. ASSESSMENTS. 

Skc. 1. An assessment of three dollars shall be paid by every mem- 
ber on admission, and annually thereafter on the third Monday in May. 

Skc. 2. No member who shall be in arrears for one year shall be en- 
tiiled to vote or hold any oflice; and any member so in arrears, who 
shall refuse or neglect to pay his dues for six months after being noti- 
fied thereof by the treasurer, by written notice duly recorded, shall 
cease to be a member of the Institute. 

Sec. 3. The president and treasurer may exempt members from as- 
sessments when they may deem it for the interest of the society. 

ARTICLE VII. APPROPRIATIONS. 

Sec. 1. No member, officer or committee, except the Board of Di- 
rectors, shall incur any debt whatever in the name of the Institute, 
unless authorized by a vote ot the Society. 

Sec. 2. Whenever the Board of Directors shall appropriate any 
money to be expended by any curator or committee, such curator or 
committee shall render an account of the same to the treasurer, with 
vouchers; and the balance, if any, shall be returned to the treasury of 
the society. 

Skc. 3. Whenever any entertainment, lecture, exhibition or concert 
is given for the benefit of any department of the Institute, the cu- 
rator or committee having charge of the same shall render to the 
treasurer a statement of the receipts and expenses incurred, and 
when all bills are paid, the net receipts of the same shall be turned 
over to the treasurer and passed to the credit of the department, 



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Sec. i. The society will assume no liability for any debt contracted 
by any curator or committee, unless it shall have been first authorized 
by a vote of the Board of Directors or the society. 

ARTICLE VIII. ROOMS. 

Sec. 1. The rooms shall be open to members and the public at such 
times and under such regulations as the directors may determine. 
Skc. 2. Visitors may be introduced by any member. 

ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENT OR ALTERATION OF BY-LAWS. 

Sec. 1. The by-laws may be altered, repealed or amended by the 
vote of two-thirds of the members present and voting, at a regular 
meeting, notice of the proposed alteration, repeal or amendment, hav- 
ing been given in writing at a previous regular meeting. 

The income of the Institute is derived from a yearly 
assessment upon its members of three dollars payable at 
the annual meeting, and from the interest derived from 
its investments which now amount to fifty-one thousand 
dollars. 

The OBJECTS of the Institute may be briefly summed up 
as follows : 

I. The collection and permanent preservation of all 
materials relating to the civil and natural history of the 
County of Essex. 

II. The general promotion and diffusion of historical 
and scientific knowledge. 

Its claims upon the public are based upon the fact that 
it is a society organized upon a liberal plan for public im- 
provement and instruction. Its field is the whole county. 
It has done much, with the limited means heretofore fur- 
nished it, to carry out the generous purposes of its pro- 
jectors. Without considerable endowments in the past, 
it has been able to do for the civil history and archae- 
ology of Essex County — and no other county in America 
offers a better field for such research — what has been so 



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well clone for the natural history of the county, a cher- 
ished object of the Institute, by the well equipped and ear- 
nest workers of the Peabody Academy of Science. With 
largely increased facilities and resources, which it owes to 
the general appreciation of its work, it is now ready to go 
forward, as the means shall come to hand, to a still larger 
measure of usefulness and honorable eftbrt. May it not 
count with assurance upon the substantial support of this 
community which has never failed it in the past. 

The members of the Institute now number 366 active, 
125 corresponding and 15 honorary. Members are ex- 
pected to aid in the promotion of the objects of the society 
and to take part in its meetings and general management. 
They have the right to take books from its library and to 
consult in Plummer Hall the books belonging to the Salem 
Athenaeum, and they are entitled to free entrance to the 
rooms at art and horticultural exhibitions, with the privi- 
lege of introducing strangers to the rooms of the society 
for consultation of books or examination of the collections 
in the different departments. 

The needs of the Institute, as of every educational 
agency, are perennial. Just in proportion as they are met 
will the public reap from its present investment the looked- 
for fruitage. The day is past when the Institute can look 
to volunteer effort alone to accomplish its work. With 
larger responsibilities, remunerated aid and greater out- 
lay are demanded. The purchase-money of the Daland 
House, taken from the invested funds, has impaired the 
income available for general purposes, but the wisdom of 
this measure has already vindicated itself. The rent ac- 
count and some minor charges have been increased by the 
change, but ample room and a tixed domicile have been 
secured by it. 

There should be established a Publication Fund, the in- 



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come of which may be devoted wholly to the printing and 
illustration of papers, letters, records, diaries and what- 
ever else is presented at the meetings of the Institute and 
found worthy of preservation in print because calculated 
to shed light upon our honorable and historic past. 

Another fund is greatly needed, the income to be appro- 
priated to arranging, cataloguing and binding the books, 
newspapers, manuscripts and pamphlets rapidly accumu- 
lating, and full of invaluable material, but unavailable un- 
til catalogued and placed within the student's reach, and a 
fund for the purchase of the current issues of the press in 
history, archaeology and kindred departments in which the 
library is already rich enough to attract both specialist and 
general scholar — books which are not to be looked for 
in the general libraries of towns and cities — such a fund 
would, it is thought, be another most judicious addition 
to the equipment of the Institute. 

The government of the Institute consists of a Presi- 
dent, four Vice Presidents, a Secretary, Treasurer, Au- 
ditor, Librarian, and a Council of Ten. The Standing 
Committees are those on Finance, Library and Publica- 
tions, Lectures, and Field Meetings. The Curators are of 
History, Manuscripts, Numismatics, Fine Arts, and Music. 
The Special Committees are those on Horticulture, His- 
tory, Fine Arts, and Care of Natural History Collections. 

The officers of the Institute for the current year are 
as follows : 



PRESIDENT, 

HENRY WHEATLAND. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS : 
Abner C. Goodell, Jr. Daniel B. Hagar. 

Frederick W. Putnam. Robert S. Rantoul. 

secret art: treasurer: 

Henry M. Brooks. George D. Phippen. 

auditor: librarian: 

Richard C. Manning. Charles S. Osgood. 

COUNCIL: 
Henry M. Brooks. Edward S. Morse. 
William H. Gove. S. Endicott Peabody. 
Thomas F. Hunt. David Pingrke. 
David M. Little. Edmund B. Willson. 
William Mack. 



STANDING COMMITTEES AND CURATORS APPOINTED BY 
DIRECTORS. 

Finance : 
The President, Chairman ex officio. 
William Mack. Henry W. Peabody. 

S. Eudicott Peabody. David Pingree. 

The Treasurer, ex officio. 

Library and Publications : 
E. B. Willson, Chairman. 
Theodore M. Osborne. Edward S. Morse. 

William H. Gove. Thomas F. Hunt. 

William D. Northend. Alden P. White. 

The Librarian, ex officio. 

Lectures : 
Robert S. Rantoul, Chairman. 
Arthur L. Goodrich. Shebnah Rich. 

William Neilson. 
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Field Meetings: 
The Secretary, Chairman ex officio. 
George Cogswell. Nathaniel A. Horton. 

George A. Perkins. John H. Sears. 

Eben N. Walton. Winfleld S. Nevins. 

Clarence Murphy. Arthur R. Stone. 

George A. Bates. Andrew A. Scott. 

Francis H. Appleton. John T. Moulton. 

Benjamin W. Crowninshield. 

Curator of History, Henry F. Waters. 

Curator of Manuscripts, William P. Upham. 

Curator of Numismatics, Matthew A. Stickney. 

Curator of Fine Arts, Thomas F. Hunt. 

Curator of Music, Joshua Phippen, jr. 



SPECIAIi W^OHKING COMMITTEES. 

Horticulture : 
David Plngukk, Chairman. 
John H. Sears. Miss Elizabeth Wheatland. 

William J. Foster. Miss Mary S. Cleveland. 

Mrs. Francis H. Lee. Miss Mary W. Nichols. 

Miss Mary T. Saunders. Miss Mary E. West. 

History : 
The President, Chairman ex officio. 
Robert S. Rantoul. Matthew A. Stickney. 

William P. Upham. David M. Little. 

Henry F. Waters (Curator). John Robinson. 

Charles S. Osgood. Thomas F. Hunt. 

Francis H. Lee. Henry M. Brooks. 

Fine Arts : 
Edward S. Morse, Chairman. 
Ross Turner. David M. Little. 

Joshua Phippen, jr. Arthur R. Stone. 

Thomas F. Hunt (Curator). 

Committee on care of Natural History Collections : 
The President, Chairman. 
Frederick W. Putnam. George D. Phippen. 

Edwin C. Bolles. Thomas F. Hunt. 



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 

AN ACT 
TO INCORPORATE THE 

ESSEX INSTITUTE. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives^ 
in General Court assembled^ and hy the authority of the 
same, as follows : 

Sect. 1. The members of the Essex Historical Society, 
and the members of the Essex County Natural History 
Society, together with such persons as may hereafter as- 
sociate with them, are hereby made a corporation by the 
name of the " Essex Institute ;" with all the powers and 
privileges and subject to all the liabilities contained in the 
forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation may hold real estate to the 
amount of thirty thousand dollars, and personal estate, ex- 
clusive of the books, papers, and articles in the cabinets of 
said corporation, to the amount of twenty thousand dollars. 
Sect. 3. The Essex Institute shall have for its object 
the advancement of horticulture, in addition to the objects 
for which the Es«ex Historical Society and the Essex 
County Natural History Society were incorporated. 

Sect. 4. All property now owned by said Essex His- 
torical Society, and said Essex County Natural History 
Society, and all property that may accrue to either of said 
societies, shall belong to the Essex Institute. 

Sect. 5. All donations and bequests which may have 
been made to the Essex Historical Society, or to the Es- 
sex County Natural Histoiy Society, shall accrue to, and 
become the property of, the Essex Institute, and shall be 

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devoted to the objects for which such donation or bequest 
was made. 

Sect. 6. The income from the funds of the Essex His- 
torical Society shall be devoted to the objects of the his- 
torical department, and the income from the funds of the 
Essex County Natural History Society shall be devoted to 
the objects of natural history, or horticulture : provided^ 
however, if the said corporation shall at any time be in 
arrears in meeting its current expenses, from the sums re- 
ceived from annual assessments, the income from the his- 
torical funds and the income from the natural history 
funds shall be applied, j9ro rata, to meet the deficiency. 

Sect. 7. The treasurer shall keep separate accounts of 
the funds which belonged to the Essex Historical Society 
and to the Essex County Natural History Society, under 
the direction of a finance committee, to be appointed at the 
annual meeting. 

Sect. 8. The library and cabinets of said corporation 
shall be kept in the city of Salem. 

Sect. 9. The Essex Institute shall be liable for all the 
debts due from the Essex Historical Society and from the 
Essex County Natural History Society. 

Sect. 10. The president of the Essex Historical So- 
ciety, or the president of the Essex County Natural His- 
tory Society, is hereby authorized to notify the first meet- 
ing of the Essex Institute, by an advertisement thereof, 
under his hand, for seven days before such meeting, in any 
newspaper printed in the city of Salem. 

Sect. 11. This act shall take effect from and after its 
adoption by the Essex Historical Society and the Essex 
County Natural History Society, at meetings of the two 
societies held for that purpose ; and all acts inconsistent 
with this act shall, after the adoption hereof, be consid- 
ered as repealed. 

Approved by the Governor, Feb. 11, 1848. 

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An Amendment to the 
Act to Incorporate the Essex Institute. 

Be it enacted^ etc., as follows: 

Sect. 1. The Essex Institute shall have for its object 
the advancement of the arts, literature and science, in ad- 
dition to the objects for which the Essex Historical Society 
and the Essex County Natural History Society were in- 
corporated. 

Sect. 2. The third section of Chapter five of the acts 
of the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight is hereby 
repealed. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take eflfect upon its acceptance 
by said Essex Institute, at a meeting duly held for that 
purpose. 

Apjproved, February 12, 1870. 



An Amendment to the 

Act to Incorporate the Essex Institute. 

* 
An Act to authorize the Essex Institute to hold ad- 
ditional personal estate. 

Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 

Sect. 1. The Essex Institute, incorporated by Chapter 
five of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and forty- 
eight, is hereby authorized to hold personal estate, exclu- 
sive of the books, papers and articles in the cabinets of 
said corporation, to the amount not exceeding one hundred 
thousand dollars. 

Sect. 2, This act shall take efiect upon its passage. 
Apjproved, February 24, 1882. 



LIST OF MEMBERS. 



HONORARY MEMBERS. 



Bancroft, George, Washington, D. C. 

Dana, James Dwight, New Haven, 
Conn. 

Dawson, J. William, Montreal, Can. 

Hall, James, Albany, N. Y. 

Hoar, Ebenezer Kockwood, Con- 
cord. Mass. 

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Boston. 

Hunt, T. Sterry, Montreal, Can. 

Leidy, Joseph, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Lesley, J. Peter, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Parkman, Francis, Jamaica Plain, 
Mass. 

Peabody, Andrew Preston, Cam- 
bridge. 

Story, William Wetmorb, Rome, 
Italy. 

Whittier, John Greenleaf, Dan- 
vers, Mass. 

Wilson, Daniel, Toronto, Can. 

Winthrop, Robert Charles, Boston, 
Mass. 



CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. 



Abbott, Henry Larcom, New York. 

Adams, Herbert Baxter, Baltimore, 
Md. 

Agassiz, Alexander, Cambridge. 

Appleton, William Sumner, Boston. 

Babbidge, Charles, Pepperell, Mass. 

Bean, Tarleton H., Washington, D.C. 

Bell, Alexander Graham, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 

Bourse, Peter, Geneva, N. Y. 

BowDiTCH, J. Ingersoll, Boston. 

BraCKETT, C. F., Princeton, N. J. 

Brewer, W. H., New Haven, Conn. 

Brush, George J., New Haven, Conn. 

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Caldwell, SamuelL., Providence,R.I. 
Cembrano, F. M., Manilla. 
Chever, Sarah Ann, Melrose. 
Chew, Samuel, Germantown, Pa. 
Clark, Thomas M., Providence, R. I. 
Colburn, Jeremiah, Boston. 
Collett, John, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Cope, Edward D., Philadelphia, Pa, 
CoUES, Elliott, Washington, D. C. 
Cox, E. T., New Harmony, Ind. 
Cresson, Ezra T., Pliiladelphia, Pa. 
Crowell, E. Payson, Amherst, Mass. 
Cummings, John, jr., Woburn. 
Cutting, Hiram A., Lunenburg, Vt. 



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Dall, Wm. H., Washington, D. C. 
Damon, Robert, Weymouth, Eng. 
Davis, Henky, McGregor, la. 
Deane, Charles, Cambridge. 
De Roax, William, Panama. 
Downs, Andrew, Dutch Village. 
Draper. Lyman C, Madison, Wis. 
Edwards, Arthur M., New York. 
Edwards, Richard. 
Ellis, George Edward, Boston. 
Endicott, William, London, Eng. 
Etting, Frank M., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Farmer, Moses G., Eliot, Me. 
Fewkes, J. Walter, Boston. 
FiSKE, John, Cambridge. 
Gill, Theodore, Washington, D. C. 
GooDALE. George L., Cambridge. 
Goode. G. Brown, Washington, D,C. 
Green, Samuel A., Boston. 
Griscom, John, New York. 
Guild, Reuben A., Providence, R. L 
Hall, Elihu, Athens, 111. 
Hanaford, Jeremiah L., Watertown. 
Hart, Chas. H., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Hiciiox, John H., Washington, D. C. 
HiGGiNSON, Thomas Wentworth, 

Cambridge. 
Hoffman, W. J., Washington, D. C. 
Hollenbush, H. W., Reading, Pa. 
Holmes, Francis S., Charleston, 3. C. 
Huntington, Geo. C, Kelley's Is., O. 
Hyatt, Alpheus, Cambridge. 
Johnstone, Christopher, Baltimore, 

Md. 
Kellogg, A., San Francisco, Cal. 
KiLBY, Wm. H., Boston. 
Kilham, Rodney A., Temple, N. H. 
Kimball, James P., Washington, D.C. 
Kingman, Bradford, Bridgewater. 
Lang, Benjamin J., Boston. 
Laski, John, Vinal Haven, Me. 
Latour, L. A. H., Montreal, Can. 
Lea, Thomas G., Cincinnati, O. 
Lesquereux, M. Leo, Columbus, O. 
Levette, George M., Indianapolis, 

Ind. 
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Boston. 
LovETT, Thomas D., Maiden. 
Low, Ariel Abbott, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Marsh, O. C, New H.-iven, Conn. 
INlARSHALL, George W., London, Eng. 
MiNOT, Charles Sedgwick, Boston. 
MoRisoN, John H., Milton. 
Morse, Chas. H., Washington, D. C. 



Newberry, J. S., New York. 

Niles, W. H., Cambridge. 

Norwood, J. G., Columbia, Mo. 

Oliver, James Edward, Ithaca, N. Y. 

Ordway, Albert, Washington, D. C. 

OSBORN, Wm. Henry, New York. 

Osten-Sacken, R., St. Petersburg, Rus- 
sia. 

Owen, Richard, Bloomington, Ind. 

Packard, A. S., Providence, R. I. 

Perkins, Augustine T., Boston. 

Perkins, Charles P., Annapolis, Md. 

Pickering, Edward Charles, Cam- 
bridge. 

Playfair, Lyon, London, Eng. 

POEY, F., Havana, Cuba. 

Poole, W. F., Chicago, 111. 

Porter, Edward Griffin, Lexing- 
ton. 

Pulsifer, David. Boston. 

Pumpelly, Raphael, Newport, R. I. 

Richardson, E. S. L., Chicago, 111. 

RoCKWOOD, Otis, Lynn. 

Samuelson, James, Livei-pool, Eng. 

Shaler, Nath'l S., Cambridge. 

Sloan, John, New Albany, Ind. 

Smith, J. Challenor, London, Eng. 

Smith, S. I., New Haven, Conn. 

Snell, William, Washington, D. C. 

Soares, John da Costa, Mozambique. 

Stone, Alfred, Providence, R. I. 

Stone, Henry, Boston. 

Stone, Thomas T., Bolton. 

Swallow, G. C, Columbia, Mo. 

Talant, James, Concord, N. H. 

Uhler, p. R., Baltimore, Md. 

Upton, Winslow, Providence, R. I. 

Verrill, Addison E., New Haven, 
Conn. 

Wael, Emilien de, Antwerp. 

Ward, Wm. Raymond Lee, New York. 

Weinland, D. F., Frankfort on the 
Main. 

Wheildon, Wm. W., Concord. 

White, C. A., Washington, D. C. 

White, William Orne, Brookline. 

Whitmore, Wm. H., Boston. 

Whitney, J. D., Cambridge. 

Wilder, BuktG., Ithaca, N. Y. 

Wildes, J. H., San Francisco, Cal. 

Winchell, a., Ann Arbor, Mich. 

WiNSOR, Justin, Cambridge. 

Wright, Geo. Frederick, Oberlin, 
Ohio. 



ACTIVE MEMBERS. 



Names marked with * are Life Members. When no address is given, the resi- 
dence is Salem. 



Abbott, Nathaniel. 

Adams, Charles E. 

*Allen, George H. 

Alleu, Stephen M., Boston. 

Almy, James F. 

Ames, George L. 

Andrews, Charles H. 

Andrews, John P. 

Andrews, Samuel P. 

Andrews, William P. 

Appleton, Francis H., Peabody. 

Archer, Miss Rebecca. 

Arey, Charles. 

Arey, Reuben. 

Averill, James W. 

Balch, E. F. 

Barton, Gardner. 

Barton, W. G. 

Batchelder, Henry M. 

Bates,' George A. 

Battis, Edward C. 

Benjamin, Charles A. 

Benson, George W. 

Bigelow, Walter K. 



Bissell, Hezekiah. 
Bolles, E. C, New York. 
Bousley, George E. 
Bowditch, Wm. A. 
Bowdoin, Mrs. W. L. 
Bowker, Charles. 
Bowker, George. 
Braden, Mrs. James. 
Brigham, Lincoln F. 
Briggs, Miss Mary Ellen. 
Brooks, Henry M. 
Brooks, John F., Boston. 
Brown, Alfred B. 
Brown, Arthur H. 
Brown, Frank A. 
Brown, George F. 
Brown, Theodore. 
Brown, Wiilard H. 
Browne, Augustus S. 
Buxton, Charles A. 
Buxton, James, Peabody. 
Cate, S. M. 
Chamberlain, James. 
Chamberlain, James A. 

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Chamberlain, Samuel. 

Chandler, J. P. 

Chapman, F. N. 

Chapman, "W. O. 

Chase, George. 

(/hoate, Mrs. Geo. F. 

Clarke, Arthur A. 

Clarke, De Witt S. 

Cleveland, Miss Mary S. 

Cloutraan, Joseph P. 

Coggin, David. 

Cogswell, George, Bradford. 

Colby, Henry L. 

Colcord, Mrs. H. M., South Pea- 
body. 

*Cole, Mrs. N. D. 

Conant, W. P. 

Cook, James P. 

Cousins, Frank. 

Cox, Francis. 

Creesey, George "W. 

Cross, Andrew B. 

Crowninshield, Benj. W., Boston. 

Cunningham, Lawrence. 

Curwen, George R. 

Curwen, James B. 

Dalrymple, Frank T. 

Damon, Robin. 

Dane, Mrs. Francis, Boston. 

Dane, Joseph F. 

Dennis, William D. 

Derby, Perley. 

Dix, Asa C. 

Dodge, Miss Ellen M. 

Dove, George W. W., Andover. 

Driver, William R., Beverly. 

Dudley, Albion M. 

Dugan, James. 

*Eaton, John D. 

*Edes, Henry Herbert, Charles- 
town. 

Edwards, Henry W. 

Emerton, James. 

Emilio, E. Victor. 



Emmerton, E. Aug. 

Emmerton, Mrs. M. E. R. 

Endicott, Wm._C. 

Foote, Caleb. 

Foster, W. J. 

Franks, James P. 

Gaffney, Henry J. 

Galloupe, Augustus A., Beverly. 

Gardner, Frank A. 

Gavett, William F. 

Geary, John Edward. 

Gifford, Rufus B. 

Gillis, James A. 

Glover, Grace A. 

Goldthwaite, Miss Carrie. 

Goldthwaite, Willard. 

Goodell, Abner C, jr. 

Goodrich, Arthur L. 

Gould, Miss Mary E. 

Gove, Wm. H. 

Gray, Arthur F., Lawrence. 

♦Gregory, J. J. H., Marblehead. 

Groves, Mrs. Henry B. 

Haddock, Charles, Beverly. 

Haddock, Charles W., Beverly. 

Hagar, Daniel B. 

Hale, Henry. 

Harrington, Francis. 

Harrington, Henry. 

Harrington, Mrs. Henry. 

Harrington, Leonard B. 

Harris, George M. 

Harris, George R. 

Harris, James. 

Harris, I. Putnam. 

Hayward, William P. 

Henderson, Daniel. 

*Higbee, Chas. H. 

Hill, Frank P. 

Hines, Ezra D., Danvers. 

Hodges, Miss Mary O. 

Hodges, N. D. C, New York. 

Hoffman, Mrs. Eliza A. 

Hortou, N. A. 



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Howe, Octavius, Beverly. 

Hunt, Miss S. E. 

Hunt, Thomas F. 

Huntington, Arthur L. 

Huntington, Miss L. 

Hutchinson, T. J. 

Ide, Edwin R. 

Ireson, Mrs. C. K. 

Ives, George B. 

Ives, William Lincoln. 

Jelly, Wm. H. 

Jewett, George R. 

Johnson, Amos H. 

Johnson, Thomas H. 

Kemble, Arthur. 

Kimball, D. B. 

Kimball, Mrs. E. D. 

Kimball, Mrs. Harriet K. 

Kimball, Miss Hattie L. 

King, Miss Harriet M. 

Kingsley, J. S., Bloomington,Ind. 

Kinsman, Nathaniel. 

Knight, E. H. 

Lakeman, John R. 

Lamson, Charles. 

Lamson, D. F., Manchester. 

*Lamson, Frederick. 

Lander, William A. 

Lane, Edward B. 

Langmaid, John H. 

Larcom, John, Beverly Farms. 

Lawrence, Charles A., Beverly. 

Lee, Francis H. 

Lee, Mrs. Francis H. 

Lefavour,. J. W., Beverly. 

Lewis, George E., Peabody. 

Lincoln, Solomon, Boston. 

Little, David Mason. 

Little, Mrs. David M. 

Little, Philip. 

Little, Mrs. Philip. 

Little, James L., jr., Brookline. 

Locke, Alpheus C. 

Lord, George R. 



Loring, George B. 

Lovett, Wm. H., Beverly. 

Low, Mrs. Daniel. 

Mack, William. 

Mackintire, E. Augustus. 

Mahoney, J. T. 

Manning, Mrs. D. C. 

Manning, Richard C. 

Manning, Robert. 

McCuskei*, Patrick J. 

McDaniel, Benj. F., San Diego, 

Cal. 
Meek, Henry M. 
Meriam, Horatio C. 
Messervy, Mrs. William S. 
Millea, Lawrence E. 
Miller, Charles H. 
Miller, Lewis F. 
Missud, Jean M. 
Moore, David. 
Morse, Edward S. 
Morse, Nathan R. 
Moulton, J. T., Lynn. 
Murphy, Clarence. 
Neilson, William. 
Nevins, W. S. 
Newcomb, George. 
Newhall, Miss Eliza G., Lancaster. 
Nichols, Andrew, jr., Danvers. 
♦Nichols, Mrs. David. 
Nichols, Nathan. 
Northend, Wm. D. 
Northey, William. 
Ober, Andrew K. 
Ober, Frederick A., Beverly. 
O'Keefe, John A., Lynn. 
Oliver, Mrs. Grace A., Boston. 
Oliver, Miss Sarah E. C. 
Osborne, Alfred S. 
Osgood, Theodore M. 
Osgood, Alfred, Newburyport. 
Osgood, Charles S. 
Osgood, Geo. P. 
Osgood, J. B. F. 



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Osgood, Robert. 

Page, Miss Anne L., Danvers. 

Paine, Miss Harriet E., Grove- 
land. 

Palfray, Charles W. 

Parker, William P. 

Patcli, Ira J. 

Payson, Edward H. 

*Peabody, George. 

Peabody, Henry W. 

*Peabody, John E. 

Peabody, John P. 

Peabody, S. Endicott. 

Peach, Philip H. 

Pease, George W. 

Percy, George E. 

Perkins, George A. 

Perkins, Thomas. 

Perley, Sidney, Boxford. 

Philbrick, Miss Eliza. 

Philbrick, Miss Helen. 

Phippen, George D. 

Phippen, Joseph H. 

Phippen, Joshua, jr. 

Pickering, John. 

Pickering, William, jr. 

Pingree, David. 

Plumer, Miss Mary N. 

*Poore, Alfred. 

Porter, Frederick. 

Pousland, Charles F. 

Pousland, George W. 

Pratt, Henry J. 

Price, Charles H. 

Putnam, Charles A. 

Putnam, Freder'k W., Cambridge. 

Putnam, George G. 

Rantoul, Miss Hannah L., Bev- 
erly. 

Rantoul, Robert S. 

Raymond, John M. 

Rayner, Robert. 

Rea, Charles S. 

B,ea, Samuel G. 



Redmond, C. C. 

Reed, Edwin, Cambridge. 

Reed, Mrs. Edwin, Cambridge. 

Reynolds, John P. 

Rich, Shebnah. 

Richardson, Frederick P. 

Robbins, Jesse. 

Roberts, Miss Martha L. 

Robinson, John. 

Robson, Matthew. 

Ropes, Charles A. 

Ropes, Edward D. 

Ropes, George F. 

Ropes, Joseph. 

Ropes, Nathaniel. 

Roundy, George, Beverly. 

Russell, Benjamin W. 

Russell, George. 

Safford, Daniel E., Hamilton. 

Safford, Miss Elizabeth. 

Safford, Mrs. James O. 

Safford, Wm. O. 

Saltonstall, Henry, Boston. 

Saunders, Miss Mary T. 

Savory, T. T. 

Scott, A. A., Saugus. 

Sears, John H. 

Shepard, Geo. A. 

Sibley, George. 

Silsbee, John H. 

Sllsbee, Mrs. John H. 

Simonds, Edward A. 

Simonds, Nathaniel G. 

Simonds, William H., jr. 

Smith, A. Augustus. 

Smith, George Plumer, Philadel- 
phia. 

Smith, Horace N. 

Spinney, Miss M. M. 

Spofford, Mrs. Richard S., New- 
bury port. 

Stearns, William S. 

Stevens, Mrs. B. A., Toledo, O. 

Stickney, Matthew A. 



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Stickney, Walter J. 
Stimpsou, Thomas M., Peabody. 
Stone, Arthur E. 
Stone, Frank. 
Stone, O. B. 
Streeter, Gilbert L. 
Sullivan, Henry D. 
Sutton, Eben, Andover. 
Swasey, O. F., Beverly. 
Thayer, Edvpard S. 
Thayer, Oliver. 

Thompson, Chas. P., Gloucester. 
Toppan, Charles. 
Toppan, Miss Cora. 
Towle, Miss E. A. 
Tuck, J. D., Beverly. 
Tui'ner, Mrs. Edw., Dauversport. 
Turner, Ross. 
Tyler, Miss Louisa F. 
Uphara, William P., Newtonville. 
Upton, Edgar W., Peabody. 
Upton, Francis. 
Upton, George L. 
Varney, Daniel A. 
Very, Nathaniel A. 
Voorhees, Louis Bevier. 
Walden, Joseph F. 
Walton, Eben N. 
Ward, Mrs. Mary G. 
Warren, A. W., Danversport. 
Waters, David P. 
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Waters, Henry F. 
Waters, James D. 
Waters, J. Linton. 
Watson, Miss C. A., No. Andover 
Webb, Benjamin, ji*. 
Webb, William George. 
Webb, William Thomas, jr. 
Webber, William G. 
Webster, John. 
Welch, William L. 
West, Arthur W. 
West, Miss Mary E. 
Weston, Charles H. 
Wheatland, Miss Elizabeth. 
Wheatland, Henry. 
Wheatland, Stephen G. 
Wheatland, Mrs. Stephen G. 
*Whipple, George M. 
Whipple, Mrs. Geo. M. 
Whipple, William H. 
White, Alden Perley, Dan vers 
White, George M. 
White, Miss Helen A. 
Whitney, Mrs. Henry M., Law- 
rence. 
Williams, Miss Abby O. 
AVillson, Edmund B. 
Willson, Mrs. Martha B. 
Wood, Charles R. 
Wright, Frank V. 
Wyniau, Isaac C. 



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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



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FORM OF BEQUEST FOR GENERAL PURPOSES. 

I give and bequeath to the Essex Institute, a corporation duly 
established under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massa- 
chusetts and located at Salem, in the County of Essex, in said 
state, the sum of dollars, to. have and to hold the 

same, unto it, the said Essex Institute, its successors and as- 
signs for the general uses and purposes of said corporation. 



FORM OF BEQUEST FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES. 

I give and bequeath to the Essex Institute, a corporation duly 
established under the lavk's of the Commonwealth of Massa- 
chusetts and located at Salem, in the County of Essex, in said 
state the sum of dollars, to have and to hold the 

same, unto it, the said Essex Institute, its successors and as- 
signs for the uses and purposes hereinafter set forth, viz. : 

[Here name fully and specifically the purposes for which the 
bequest or the income arising therefrom is to be used] 



